September 9, 2005

The Uncertain Consequences of Political Pressure

By MICHAEL BRUB

Is it becoming more difficult to speak openly on campus or to share information? I think so, and I fear that untenured and adjunct faculty members are the most vulnerable.

In the past two years, we've seen a national campaign on the part of conservative activists to get state legislatures directly involved in academic oversight. That campaign is being conducted under the banner of "intellectual diversity," and one of its goals is to investigate instances of liberal "bias" in

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